Helen and others going to travel to Europe. Don't leave questions like this to the last minute. Start researching months in advance. Get a good German map. Look up your towns and see where they are located. For Gimbsheim, Frankfort seems to be a good base. For visiting other places take the train. They go almost everywhere. Go to http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/home.html which has a link to Deutsches Bundesbahn where you can get schedules. If you live near NYC visit the German Tourist Bureau in the Chanin Blg at 42nd and Lexington. do a search on Rheinland-Pfalz. Look at getting a German Railpass as it usually saves money and much more convenient. If possible take the boat from Mainz down to Koblenz. Eurrail pass is good and maybe GRP. Send a message to geo@genealogy.net of Gimbsheim. It will show you the district etc. it is located in. bob gillis HKO26426@aol.com wrote: > > My 2 sisters, a cousin, and I, are traveling to Gimbsheim, 12 July, for 2 > weeks to visit the area of our Kimmel ancestors. We have tried, in vain, to > contact the town historian and other Gimbsheim residents. Anyone out there > ever been to Gimbsheim ? We would appreciate any information or advice from > all who have traveled in Germany. We are flying into Frankfurt and renting a > car to drive to Gimbsheim. We are hoping to visit other areas of Germany as > well--as long as we have money for gasoline! My cousin speaks fluent German > which will be a big plus!! Thanks, Helen Kimmel Orndorff >